Broadcaster Ahn Sun-young has candidly shared the reality of her life, balancing her mother’s battle with dementia and her son’s dreams of becoming a hockey player in Canada.
On the 14th, a video titled “First Reveal of Forgotten Celebrity Ahn Sun-young’s Canada Home (+Reason for Coming to Toronto)” was uploaded to the YouTube channel ‘Ahn Sun-young’s Double Life’.
In the video, Ahn Sun-young revealed the interior of her Toronto home for the first time, explaining that she is living a “double life” traveling between Korea and Canada to support her son Baro’s hockey studies.
She shared, “After taking a test last April, his admission was decided, and I prepared for the move to Canada in just two months. I handled everything, including finding a house, all by myself.”
However, her choice to live in Canada wasn’t just about the studies. Toward the end of the video, she opened up about her mother in Korea.
Ahn Sun-young said, “My mother has some dementia, but she is physically healthy. My mother is my only family. I can’t leave Korea, nor do I have the heart to.”
She added, “My mother and my son are not things I can give up or abandon. Even though I’m living two different lives, I’m trying not to give up my responsibilities as both a mother and a daughter.”
She specifically noted, “I didn’t know I’d be facing these worries in my 50s. I think becoming a caregiver or a guardian for a parent is a reality that anyone can experience.”
Ahn Sun-young calmly stated, “I can take a break from broadcasting. If broadcasting stations don’t look for me after I’ve been away for about three years, then it’s because I didn’t do my job well.”
She continued, “Right now, I feel like I’m communicating more deeply with people through YouTube.” She became emotional while sharing an anecdote about a fan who is a flight attendant, who said she felt comforted by Ahn Sun-young’s YouTube channel while struggling with depression due to her middle school son.
Previously, Ahn Sun-young revealed that she recorded cumulative home shopping sales of 1 trillion won. While she boasted a glamorous career, noting that four brands she worked with went public, she is currently prioritizing her family over broadcasting to find balance in her life.
Meanwhile, Ahn Sun-young continues to communicate with viewers by honestly sharing her life in Canada, parenting, and family stories through YouTube.
